Tag: file

The Get Info window works in a few similar but at times mysterious ways, and Rob Griffiths has put together an article that outlines each of its three iterations in Mac OS X 10.4 (Panther has two). While this might be rudimentary to some of you hard-core Mac OS X users out there, this is a handy fea...

Macgamefiles.com has announced free game hosting for shareware and freeware game developers (but not for things like maps, mods, etc.). The only catch is that the game's developer needs to point their download links to the game's product page hosted at Macgamefiles.com. This, I assume, is so MGF can...

For Intel Mac users who either love or hate WMV but have to deal with it one way or another, Flip4Mac has just begun beta testing the long-awaited Universal Binary version of their WMV QuickTime components. Announced in their forums today, it is more or less an invite-yourself program, as I had to c...

Disk Order is another app that takes a stab at replacing the Finder, but doesn't seem to take things quite as overboard as PathFinder. With tabbed file browser windows, built-in FTP client, command line tools and more, Disk Order should have a few things to offer anyone who feels like the Finder is...

A pre-release, developer version of Quicksilver is available with a seriously revamped preference pane. Also included in this not-ready-for-prime-time release: a new Triggers system that allows for groups, a revamped plug-in pane with categories and "droplets," which you can read more on here. I'm ...

Apple has released a "Mac Maintenance Quick Assist" support document that is more or less a 10-step guide aimed at beginners for taking care of their Mac, both inside and out. These steps include good, basic practices such as using relevant names for files instead of "DSC_00001.jpg," while also reco...

When it comes to turning a DVD into a movie file, Handbrake's name is hailed far and wide for its ease of use, speed
and overall quality. Recently, Handbrake's developer took these praised aspects and raised the bar by releasing Instant Handbrake (beta), a one-stop, brain-dead-easy app for convertin...

Path Finder, the powerful file browser/manager (pseudo-Finder) from Cocoatech,
has been updated to version 4.1. Along with Universal Binary status and the typical round of bug fixes, this update also
includes:
Improved Go To Folder with autocomplete
Smart Folders – Path Finder can
now r...

Non Stop Mac has
put together an ingenious how-to on creating an Automator
action to backup files to Backpack. It's a simple process that uses the genius of Backpack's page-specific email
addresses to email files that are sitting in a specific folder. Head over and check out their post for the full
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Here's an easy tip for quickly opening the
Finder location of a file you currently have open in almost any app. Let say, for example, that you're
working in Photoshop on an image that's buried a few folders deep within your Home folder. You'd like to get to that
file's location, but unless you've u...

Since the 5G
iPod landed, an army of scripts and mini-apps have answered the call for a simple, painless way for getting video into
iTunes and ready for your favorite little music video player. Since I'm always up for more options, here's an Automator action that accomplishes the same
task for Tiger...

This morning Quicksilver notified me that a new version
was available. Since I love living on the bleeding edge of application launching and file manipulation, I went ahead
and updated. While I can hold my own fairly well with Quicksilver's unbelievably powerful features, I was still
delighted to se...